Improvement in clothes-wringers



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Clnthes-Wringers,

N0,'148,417l Patented March1o-174.

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Mnl@ J6 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELBERT A. COR-BIN AND HERMANN ALBRECHT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA., ASSIGNORSTO AMERICAN MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,417, dated March10, 1874; application led November 7, 1873. I

i sylvania, have inventeclan Improvement in Clothes-Wringers, of whichthe following is a i specification:

The object of our invention is to so construct a clothes-wringer as toprevent the deteriora-tion of the rollers and the springs through whichpressure is imparted. `This object we attain by so combining the saidsprings with levers H, forming part of the jaws by which the wringer isattached to the tub, as shown in the end view, Figure l, of theaccompanying drawing, that on removing the wringer from the tub both thesprings will assume their normal condition.

B and B are the opposite frames of the wringer, and are connectedtogether by a crossbar, a, the opposite hooked ends of which are adaptedto lugs b b on the tops of the opposite frames, as shown in the rearview, Fig. 3, this connecting-bar serving as a handle, by which thewringer can be carried about, and adjusted to the edge of the tub. Theupper roller D has its bearings -in projections cl of the frame, and thelower roller D has its bearings in arms E, one of which is hooked toprojections e on each frame. The springs G are confined between the saidarms E and arms l", which have their fulcrums on rounded projections fof the frame, and against the under side of thel said arms F, near theouter ends of the same, bear the short arms of levers H, hung to pins i,the long arms of these levers and the projections h` of the frame, withtheir screws m, constituting the jaws by which each frame is secured tothe edge of the tub.

In ordinary wrin gers, the springs through the medium of which pressureis imparted to the rollers are materially injured by the neglect toremove the pressure when the wringer is not in use--a duty which shouldalways be performed, but is rarely carried out by those who use thesemachines. In order to remedy this evil we have so constructed thewringer that it is impossible to remove it from the tub without at thesame time relieving both springs and rollers from pressure. Fig. 2, forinstance, shows the wrin ger as it appears when adjusted to the edge ofthe tub, and before securing it tightly to the same. On tightening thescrew m, the lever H must necessarily elevate the arm F, compress thespring G, raise the arm E, and consequently force theunder,

against the upper roller. On the other hand, when the screw is loosenedthis pressure must be removed, and the spring Gr must recoil and assumeits normal condition, and the deterioration ofthe spring, by beingconstantly maintained under pressure, as in ordinary wringers, is thusobviated.

XVe claim as our invention- The combination, with the frame B, of thelevers E and F, intervening spring G, and lever H, forming one of thejaws'of the wringer, all as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EIIBERT A.- CORBIN. HERMANN ALBRECHT.

Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, HARRY SMITH.

